The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-01-27

F. ]. Robbins, living near Asheville,
N. c., committed suicide on the morn
ing of the 10th. He made an unsuc-
cessful effort the day previous to kill
himself by drinking laudanum and
took razor to bed with him. Early in
the morning he rose up in bed and
with two strokes nearly severed his
head from his body. He was an inva-
lid, and leaves wife and several chill
dren.-MorristOWR Gazette.
"The Cranberry ORE" a manufactur-
er says, "now ranks in the market at
Plttsburg, being free from sulphur.
1t is in my judgment superior to even
the Lake Superior ore, and this is
proven by the recent experiments in
steel and wrought iron pipe making.
The new road as projected will he
completed in at least two years.-PitS-
burg Dispatch.
The road referred to in the above
paragraph is the Charleston, Cincin-
natl and Chicago.
Thepew passenger engines lately
ordered by the E. T. V. & G. r. R
have arrived and two of them have
been in use since last Saturday. They
are the largest and most powerful
passenger engines this company has
ever had. Mr., Fisk, foreman of the
round-house at Knoxville, has weigh
ed one and found the weight of the
engine proper to be 81 600 and of the
tender filled with fuel and water So
200.
Nj. Geo. P. Buss, of Grand Rapids,
Michigan, spent several days in this
city this week. Mr.. Buss is largely
interested in one of the leading furni-
ture factories at Grand Rapids, and is
looking around for location fora fac
tory in the South. He was well pleas
ed with johnson City, and tells us he
will put in a plant here that will give
employment to 200 or 800 men as
soon as he is thoroughly satisfied the
three C's road will be built. As this
road passes through untouched and
unlimited forests of hard woods, tits not
ut all unlikely that others, seeing the
advantage Of manufacturing as close
to the raw material as possible, will
locate h ere.
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The correspondent signing himselt
"Elizabethton," who appeared in t {
Kno1Uille Tribune last week with 6
legthy article upon the advantag s
likely to accrue to our town, upon the
completion OF the proposed rair &C
from Bristol, is supposed to reside in
Bristol and not in Eizabethton. Hi
purpose in writing the article in ques
ton was to prejudice the people O
Bristol-Goodson against the lih' ra
proposition OF DR.. Baily, by hold nq
out to them that Elizabethton W, uld
reap rich harvest and be a SEE ono
Birmingham, while bristol w ulC
reap none OF the profits from tn,
building of the road. At least tn s is
the general suppo,ltion hereabouls.-
Mountdineer.